Half a year had passed in a hurry as the entire Federation was busy preparing. Due to the Federation's busyness, the manufacturing of countless Ms and battleships had led to great industrial development. At the same time, the manufacturing of Ms had also occupied resources that should have been used elsewhere. If only a certain region occupied such resources to manufacture Ms for a short period of time, it could be said that it was for the development of a new type of armaments.
However, on a global scale, including the forces and countries that originally resisted the Federation but took the initiative to join the Federation, they contributed their limited resources and were willing to let the Federation's army into their territories. They even took the initiative to help the Federation's army stabilize the situation. This gave off a different feeling.
For the past half a year, the entire world had been very peaceful under the management of the Federation. Even the originally noisy places were strangely quiet. A sense of tension had unknowingly shrouded the Earth from top to bottom. Even the slow-witted civilians could feel that the Federation was completely different from before. There were many good aspects. Their lives were better, and the wars had disappeared. However, the inexplicable tension had also made the atmosphere of the world a little strange.
This was especially so for the military and political executives in the news. Every time they appeared in the news, they would have an unusually serious expression. Everything they said was simple and straightforward, and then they would immediately leave as if it was a waste of time to say a few words. When brand-new Ms were manufactured from factories all over the world and sent to a unified place, the sensation and impact it caused could not be hidden at all.
As long as Ms were manufactured, there would definitely be workers coming in contact with it. More people would see it when it was transported on the road. One could also imagine how much shock it would cause among the civilians when the news of Ms being manufactured by heavy industry companies all over the world was leaked out. Just this point alone was enough to make the smart people realize something.
In order to expand the military, resources were used in the construction of weapons and other aspects of the people's lives were abandoned. For example, in the Federation, there were no automobile manufacturers manufacturing new cars or large shipyards manufacturing new ships in the past half a year. Such a situation was meaningless and unnecessary in the Federation. If it wasn't because everyone in the Federation government had gone crazy, it meant that the Federation was facing a huge threat and had no choice but to desperately expand its military strength.
And just like that, there was only one week left in the countdown for Xiao Ran's mission. Apart from the guardians and necessary troops to maintain stability on Earth, all the Ms troops in the Federation that could fight had arrived in space. The daily consumption of resources was already quite terrifying, but in the face of such a situation, none of the people in the huge Burning Legion with Xiao Ran frowned. They only felt worried.
There was a huge bridge on the Burning Legion that could accommodate hundreds of people. Although it had been modified to allow the Burning Legion to operate and fight with the minimum number of people, not all of the redundant equipment had been removed. Only some were removed to expand the area of activity. And now, all the seats were filled with people.
The Burning Legion could be said to be the Federation's strongest warship. In such a crucial moment, it was used as the flagship. The cosmic fortress on the far side of the moon controlled by Livonz had also appeared behind the Borderlands. The fortress was renamed the New Era and became the Federation's military fortress. Right now, it accommodated countless Federation soldiers.
Xiao Ran sat in the huge conference room behind the Burning Legion's bridge. The entire conference room was filled with people. Mary, Cruzet, El Erf, and other veterans who had followed Xiao Ran. There were also soldiers from this world such as Kati Manikin, Sergei, and a group of men and women in suits. Everyone looked at the projection in the middle of the conference room with a serious face.
El Erf, who looked young but had conquered the entire military in half a year, didn't have an official position in the military. As Xiao Ran's deputy and the manager of the Federation's intelligence agency, he sat beside Xiao Ran. He controlled the projection in the conference room with his PDA and explained the current situation. The image on the projection changed from time to time with his voice.
"A month ago, we discovered traces of an unknown lifeform, an alien lifeform codenamed ELS, entering Earth and fighting with a small number of ELS. Although it was only a small scale battle, it still caused some panic."
"From our contact with the ELS, we found that this kind of life form does not meet the conditions to be captured at all. Whether it is a human, a machine, or even a simple material, the ELS has the ability to fuse and control them. Among the several contacts, there was only one instance where our MS made a mistake and was fused. The rest were all cases of fusing and controlling civilian equipment."
"According to the records at that time, the integrated MS has been slightly improved in terms of defense and mobility. In terms of civilian facilities, most of them are industrial vehicles and equipment. Although the latter are not much of a threat to MS, they are a huge threat to civilians without any protection. Since they can control industrial vehicles, they can also control civilian vehicles, airplanes, cargo ships, and even humans themselves. Everything can become their combat power."
"So far, there have been three suspected mutants who have been killed by the fusion of ELS and turned into unexplainable crystal statues. At present, there is no effective way to confirm the existence of ELS. Including humans, other than using a slight harm test, no other method is feasible."
"In terms of weapons, it has been confirmed that ELS has little defensive effect against beam weapons, but the effect of live ammunition such as missiles is not very good. If the missile does not detonate within a second after coming into contact with the target, then the missile will completely lose its effect and become the enemy's combat power. With our current conventional missiles, non-explosive shrapnel has no lethality against ELS at all."
"Generally, as long as ELS does not come into direct contact with a missile and trigger a detonation, the missile will also lose its effectiveness if it comes into contact with the target from the side, unless it is detonated manually."
"In terms of dealing with these ELS, the military has also invested a lot of troops to search and eliminate them. What we can confirm is that there are traces of abnormal brain quantum wave activity in all places where ELS appears, including the mutants and the evolvers of the Revolutionary Alliance. Now, we have all non-military mutants and evolvers under control and protection."
"At present, because the military's large-scale operation can't be covered up at all, the public has already sensed something. There are a lot of rumors on the Internet, and many of them point out the situation that humans are currently facing and have received a lot of support. This operation only ensures that the minimum number of troops on Earth is used to maintain stability. Some people have also come forward to protest, demanding that we tell them the truth. I suggest that it's time to announce the truth and let the public begin to prepare to evacuate to prevent more mutants from appearing."
Xiao Ran nodded, "Immediately let the Federation government announce this matter to the public. All troops on Earth will begin a full martial law, including agents, intelligence personnel, security agencies, police, firefighters, and so on. Everyone will immediately go out to the streets to maintain the stability of Earth. Tell the public that I, Xiao Ran, will be at the forefront to protect them with my life. Tell them not to worry, stay calm, and listen to the arrangements of the staff to evacuate."
After hearing Xiao Ran's words, El Erf glanced at a middle-aged man in a suit in the conference room. The latter immediately nodded, "Understood. I will start immediately after the meeting."
"Okay." Xiao Ran nodded. El Erf continued, "As for Jupiter, we have not yet determined the location of the ELS forces, but we have lost contact with all the more than a dozen shapeshifting fighters we sent. The last message we sent back confirmed that the ELS had launched an attack on these shapeshifting fighters. Judging from the images of those messages, the number of ELS is extremely terrifying. Please take a look."
Xiao Ran looked at the projection in the middle of the conference room. Because all the fighters sent were drones, it was naturally impossible for there to be any messy cries for help. From the image, it could be seen that all the ELS suddenly appeared from all directions, completely hiding in the surrounding rubble. Before they appeared, there was no way to detect anything wrong.
And as soon as they appeared, they rushed towards the shapeshifting fighters in an overwhelming number, making it impossible for the shapeshifting fighters to dodge. After that, the screen turned white.
El Erf also turned off the projection at this time and said, "As you can see from the screen, the number of ELS is extremely terrifying. Even the rocks can fuse with each other to hide themselves. Although such a situation is unlikely to happen in battle, I think you should also notice that the shapeshifting fighters are surrounded by the ELS that suddenly appeared. No matter how fast the shapeshifting fighters are, as long as they collide with one of the ELS, they will instantly fuse with it."
"So we must be careful in battle. We must be absolutely careful of any ELS that gets close to us. I hope that all commanders will inform every pilot about this. Of course, there is also a time limit to this. The more individual ELS fuses with each other, the faster this time limit will be. Generally speaking, as long as the cockpit is not easily touched, there is plenty of time to escape."
"In this regard, although the number of new models is not many, the number of spare airframes that have been replaced is not small. In the fortress behind us, there are also many unmanned airframes that can be converted to be operated by pilots. Reducing the number of casualties is our greatest chance of winning this battle."
Xiao Ran shook his head and asked, "How about the fighters?"
El Erf's expression remained unchanged as he said, "Now, the fighters of the Guardian Force have been completely replaced, using three types of fighters: the firepower type, the assault type, and the standard type. However, less than one-tenth of the rest of the forces have been replaced. The fighters used are all the fighters from before the A-Laws and the Federation Army's standard fighter, the GN-X. That's all we can do in half a year."
"How about the Celestials?" Xiao Ran knocked on the table and asked a question that made everyone present perk up their ears.
The Celestials really had a very special meaning to this world. The strength of the Celestials was indeed obvious to all. After Xiao Ran came to power, he absolved the Celestials of all their crimes in the name of the president. In other words, the Celestials had become an existence that was tacitly acknowledged by the Federation. If such a huge combat force could join the battle to protect Earth, of course, it would be something that everyone present would be eager to see.
Although these people did not know the real relationship between Xiao Ran and the Celestials, they could see that Xiao Ran had some connection with them. In the past half a year, Xiao Ran did not hide the fact that he had given the Celestials a lot of support because of the alien life form. Of course, everyone present was curious about the situation of the Celestials.
After listening to Xiao Ran's words, El Erf said directly, "Because of our help, the Celestials have developed a special body for the Mutants. The rest of the bodies have also undergone appropriate modifications. They are also sure to join the battle to assist in the defense."
"Mhmm." Xiao Ran nodded. During this period of time, Xiao Ran had almost no contact with the Celestials. El Erf and Graham, on the other hand, had more contact. After confirming the blueprints of the Federation's new body, Law returned to the Celestials to help them develop and modify the new body. In order to develop the new body that Cha Na piloted, Xiao Ran even asked Law to remove the solar furnaces of the two Frontier's Tactical Armor No. 2 and bring them over.
Although the two solar furnaces used old-fashioned technology, the synchronization rate was definitely extremely high. If it weren't for the fact that the technology used in the Justice Gundam was not completely compatible with the solar furnace, how could there be a maximum synchronization rate of 500? If it were to be replaced with the 00 Gundam and the newly built body, the synchronization rate would be more than 1500 per minute.
However, Xiao Ran's contribution of these two solar furnaces was a big gain, because Law had joined the development of the new body from the beginning to the end. He had almost mastered the real technology of the dual-furnace, the real technology of the Triple Red System, the body's skeleton, wiring and other technologies. As long as he returned to Prometheus, he could immediately build a real dual-furnace body for Xiao Ran.
There was absolutely no problem with the solar furnace made by Prometheus in this regard. In fact, even the Celestials were amazed that Xiao Ran had made two battleships in the past four years, and brought out a group of equally powerful teams. The key was that he had also built some bodies and solar furnaces that even they couldn't figure out. In the end, he had become the ruler of the World Federation, which made them feel like they were dreaming.
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